U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions sees dark clouds gathering in the United States — and particularly in St. Louis.
The twin rise of heroin and murders in recent years signals a trend that, left unchecked, could return the country to an era of crime and violence unseen since the 1970s and 1980s, he warned an audience of law enforcement this morning at the federal courthouse in downtown St. Louis.
"My fear is that this surge in violent crime in St. Louis, and throughout America, is not a 'blip,' but the start of a dangerous new trend," Sessions said during his prepared remarks. "This increase risks losing the hard-won gains that have made our country a safer and more prosperous place — gains that were made on the backs of the brave men and women in uniform."
Sessions, an early supporter of Donald Trump's campaign and, until February, a Republican Senator representing Alabama, is the man charged with carrying out the President's law-and-order promises to crack down on crime while supporting police.…